Autorun on USB drives

hardy said:

This is very old style, but works. This way a mounted Truecrypt volume is just a doubleclick further than with Autoplay.

Create run.bat in the USB stick root and edit this one line into it:

Code:

open=TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe /q background /m rm /v "Data.tc"

This line expects that Truecrypt has been installed (as with the Traveler wizard) in the root in a 'Truecrypt' folder. Rename Data.tc according to the name of your encrypted volume.

Now as Windows 7 opens the 'Open to view files' option, choose that, then double click run.bat to open the Truecrypt password screen.

Even though I don't actually use this software, that's a good point. You'd probably want to create a batch file for unmounting the drive as well, so you can avoid opening up the program etc..

hsrstud said:

Can the above autorunner.exe file be made to run on an x64 machine? I tried the above program, but it didn't seem to work when I inserted my USB drive. Only autoplay showed.

It's built to run as x64 when in x64 environment, and x86 when in x86 environment. I just tested it on my x64 machine and it popped up the messagebox asking if I wanted to run the thing. It searches for autorun.inf in the usb drive and then asks. Post the contents of your autorun.inf file and I'll look into it...

hsrstud said:

Thanks for looking into this for me! Here are the contents of my autorun.inf file:

[autorun]
label=TrueCrypt Traveler Disk
icon=TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe
action=Mount TrueCrypt volume
open=TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe /q background /e /c y /m rm /v "Truecrypt\Volume.tc"
shell\start=Start TrueCrypt Background Task
shell\start\command=TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe
shell\dismount=Dismount all TrueCrypt volumes
shell\dismount\command=TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe /q /d

I just pasted that into my autorun.inf and it popped up the pop up, are you looking for the right thing? And I'm running 7 x64 Professional. Here's a pic of what it does...

Yes... Is this a thumb drive, or an actual external USB drive... There's a possibility it show's up differently and my thing isn't checking it...

I'm specifically checking
if (drive.DriveType == DriveType.Removable)
which should include an external hard drive, but I'm not sure...

hsrstud said:

Maybe this is the problem. I'm using a portable 30GB 2.5" mobile hard drive that I connect to my computer via USB.

I'll have to test it at home, I don't have an external with me at work... Kind of weird, I might be able to grab someone else' external...